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Three new Paralympic World Champions crowned

August 30th, 2013

Kinsale, Ireland (August 30, 2013) – Three new Paralympic World Champions have been crowned today in Kinsale at the Cork County Council IFDS World Sailing Championships. In the three-man Sonar class it was Frenchman Bruno Jourdren and his crew Eric Flageul and Nicolas Vimont-Vicary who emerged victorious. In the two-man Skud 18 fleet Alexandra Rickham


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Inspirational sailors refuse to bow to physical challenges

August 23rd, 2013

“Don’t just sit on your arse feeling sorry for yourself – go and compete.” That was the stirring advice of two champion America’s Cup sailors stricken by multiple sclerosis (MS) who are now competing in the IFDS World Disabled Sailing Championships in Ireland. New Zealand sailors David Barnes and Rick Dodson are leading a star-studded


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SKUD-18 Sailors Named to U.S. Team

July 3rd, 2013

Portsmouth, RI (July 2, 2013) – Four athletes qualified for the 2013 US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider in the Paralympic SKUD-18 class, based on their results at the C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Clinic & Regatta, June 28-30, in Newport, R.I. Two teams – Ryan Porteous (San Diego, Calif.) and Cindy Walker (Abington, Mass.) and



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